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...wasted massive chunks of their lives--Duncan in sterile rock-critic hermeneutics (he's like the worst-case-scenario future of Rob Fleming from High Fidelity); Annie in a dead romance and a dead-end job; and Crowe in sulky, creatively arid seclusion. They're trying to make the best of what's left, but what's left just isn't that great. Juliet, Naked is a bleaker book than Hornby's A Long Way Down, and that was about four people trying to kill themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noble Failures | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...edition of Moore's novel A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf; 336 pages), her first since Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? in 1994. It's rare that a blurb escapes from its usual station on the back cover of a book, but if Hornby ever called me the best American writer of my generation, I'd tattoo it on my forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noble Failures | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...What They're Listening to in Britain: At 92, Dame Vera Lynn became the oldest living artist to notch a best-selling record when her collection of World War II--era songs, We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, shot to No. 1 on the U.K. album charts. Lynn's 24-song compilation coincided with the 70th anniversary of the start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...know what's best for the team, and you work 9 to 5 at McDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...good weekend,” Grillo said. “I was able to keep it together even when I didn’t feel like I was playing my best. I was able to grind...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Disappointed With Macdonald Finish | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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